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I have a Windows XP SP2 machine with Hamachi service running. Usually I connect to it using Remote Desktop, and when I disconnect I can't connect to it again because the Hamachi VPN is down. How to prevent the Hamachi service to stop?

I am sure that Hamachi is configured as an automatic service.

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If Hamachi is configure to run as a service, then it should not matter whether you just disconnect from the RDP sesssion, or log off, as it should be running in the background. You should check the services MMC to see that the service is there, and that it is running.

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If you close the remote desktop session without logging off it shouldn't be an issue. If your using the microsoft rdp client just click the "X" at the top bar of the screen.

The only other thing I could think of is maybe the hamachi client is set to auto-disconnect if idle for X minutes. I'm not even sure if hamachi has that option, I've never really looked.

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I usually use the close(X) button – Jader Dias May 11 '09 at 18:14
Hmmm the Hamachi shouldn't see a difference, the only thing that effectively happens when you close an rdp session that way is the computer locks. I would poke around the settings a bit. I don't have access to a Himachi client where I'm at. – TrueDuality May 11 '09 at 18:55
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Have you tried logging to see what exactly is going on? Go into Hamachi Preferences > System > Enable Diagnostic Log. Logs are place in %APPDATA%\Hamachi (your Hamachi configuration folder) and are rotated when they reach 8MB. – TrueDuality May 11 '09 at 19:12
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When I stopped to close the window through the X button, and started to Disconnect, then the problem not occurred again.

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